User blog comment:Lathagarr Stormgale of Tronn/Debate/@comment-3143419-20101203154130/@comment-1399757-20101203180135

No disrespect, Tal, but something I've learned over the years is - people who are not of the Catholic Faith that make a statement declaring "The Catholic Church says..." often have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Church. I'm afraid your statement is somewhat related to that. It is true that there has been bloodshed which was caused by the Church, but if you ever did look at the Catholic catechism, we teach - "THOU SHALT NOT KILL". Therefore it is quite easy to say that the bloodshed that did occur was due to human error. The thing is, EVERYONE is flawed, and God is willing to accept us despite our flaws, provided we confess, show true contrition for our offenses, and have a true love of Him.

Another thing - Jesus Himself instituted the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the oldest form of Christianity in existence...

@closing comment: Lol, strange, that's one of my own philosophies as well. We can't have any purpose other than to serve God.